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CHANGE: For the Yahoo group transfer process, enable deleting of the transfer request after the transfer has been completed, so that it can be resubmitted in cases where Yahoo's Files or Photos weren't working at the time of the original transfer.

CHANGE: Clicking a link database table column now takes you to the link, instead of to the view row page.

CHANGE: Display more information on the Yahoo Transfer page for each In Process transfer request.

BUGFIX: When viewing a subgroup home page, redirect when one of the unlisted privacy settings, but not otherwise.

INTERNAL: Improvements to the structured logging of web queries to make it easier to track activity.

BUGFIX: On mobile, in the Topics/Messages view, the Filter Funnel got pushed to a new line. Fixed.

BUGFIX: When adding a Reply-To line because of DMARC, use the original From line, email address and name, instead of just email address.

BUGFIX: Wiki pages were not being incrementally indexed by the search engine. Bug fixed and wiki pages fully re-indexed.

NEW: You can now cancel an event, which sends an email to everyone who RSVPed Yes or Maybe.

CHANGE: Removed requirement for sending a login link with an enterprise domain that the person have at least one subscription to that enterprise group. Made it impossible for someone with an account without a password to subscribe to their first enterprise group.

BUGFIX: Fixed the header when downloading the member list.

CHANGE: In the members page, changed the Action dropup to a dropdown.

BUGFIX: Fix stripping 'Sent from my ...' lines in plain text only messages that don't end with a newline.

NEW: For premium/enterprise groups, you can view past member activity and moderator notes.

CHANGE: No longer defaulting to send event notices to the group on creation/update.

BUGFIX: Fix redirect to login when trying to view the private guidelines of a group.

CHANGE: Completely revamped how Yahoo groups are transfered, adding a new web-based system to specify the groups to transfer and to track the progress of the transfers.

CHANGE: Reduce the max size of a group name to 32 characters to avoid potential DNS issues.

BUGFIX: For a specific PDF, pdftotext would hang during processing. This would cause our search ingestion to time out. Now we kill that process if it takes too long.

BUGFIX: If someone is logged into an enterprise group's domain, but they are not subscribed to any groups, and the enterprise group is set to only allow access to subscribed members, that created an endless redirect loop. Now we automatically log out the person in this situation.

CHANGE: Change 'Send Invite To Group' to default to checked, 'Send Notice to Group' default to unchecked when created a new event.

CHANGE: For repeating events with RSVPs, the link from the #cal-invite page takes you to a view event page that lets you select which instance to RSVP to.

CHANGE: Direct adds now contain a link to the normal /leave page instead of a special /directunsub page, for more consistency and to prevent spam filters from unsubscribing someone accidentally.

NEW: New Muting and Following section of help from J. Changed 'All Messages' to 'Individual Messages' Email Delivery option.

CHANGE: Text clarification in the confirmation email and when joining a group for the first time. Also, you can now set your password directly in the welcome screen from the confirmation email.

BUGFIX: For polls with answers that contained quotes, when editing the poll, the answers were chopped off.

BUGFIX: When viewing profiles groups with a subdomain in the Accounts view, the profile photo was sometimes broken.

NEW: Enterprise groups can use their Google Analytics code.

CHANGE: Viewing poll responses in the 'Answer' mode, we no longer page because that gave incorrect results. Also display total responders instead of responses, and we now display percentages for each answer.

CHANGE: Temporarily removed jump points on the overall Topics view because my algorithm was completely wrong and did not work.

CHANGE: Changed format of ICS files to try to fix erroneous timezone problem with a couple of calendar programs.

CHANGE: When creating the #guidelines hashtag when sending the group guidelines, set Mods Only Post and Mods Only Reply to true, and if the guidelines should be sent special, set the tag to Special as well.

CHANGE: Wording changes to help and group notices.

INTERNAL: Using the search cluster for viewing messages by month/year to take load off main db.

The updates group has been quiet, but we've been working hard on improving Groups.io. It's a new year and we wanted to update you on some of the improvements we've made to Groups.io over the past several months. If we listed all the improvements, this message would be way too long. Instead, here's a sampling of what
we've done:

New Mobile Site

If you haven't visited the website on your phone or tablet lately, you should check it out. We've made it much easier to work with your
groups while on the go. There's new navigation specifically for small screens and infinite scroll to make viewing messages easier.

Chat

You can now create chat rooms to go along with your groups. Some conversations are best done in threads and posts, some conversations are best in chat. We now support both!

Better Profiles

You can now change your profile for each of the groups you're a member of. Use a different photo, change your display name, set a different bio.

Enterprise Version of Groups.io

We've been hard at work on the Enterprise version of Groups.io. With this option, you can specify your own domain name and logo, and other options. Look for an announcement about it soon.

Other changes, in brief:

Two Factor Security. You can now set up two-factor security on your account, for extra protection.

RSVPs for Events. People can RSVP to events, and you can view and message those who have responded.

New Member Directory. Each group can have a member directory, where you can view the profiles of other members of your group.

Custom Signatures. You can specify custom signatures to be added to your messages.

Groups can be set to auto-moderate or auto-close threads after a specified number of days.

Database tables have a new Image column.

You can upload and include images in your Wiki pages now.

Have an idea for how to improve Groups.io? Join the beta group and let us know!

Remember, you can unsubscribe from these notices at any time. Just click on the 'Unsubscribe' link in the footer of this message.

We continue to work on improving Groups.io, and we have added several features in the last month.

Subdomains

We just rolled out a big improvement for groups that have subgroups (if your group does not have any subgroups, you can ignore this part). If your group has one or more subgroups, we've created a subdomain for you. An example is probably the best way to explain this. Let's say you have a group called 'example', with subgroups 'sub1' and 'sub2'. Right now, you send messages to these groups using the addresses 'example@groups.io,' 'example+sub1@groups.io,' and 'example+sub2@groups.io'. While you can still do that, you can now also send messages to these groups using the addresses 'main@example.groups.io,' 'sub1@example.groups.io,' and 'sub2@example.groups.io'. And you can go to https://example.groups.io to access your groups.

Drafts

When composing a new message or replying to an existing message on the Groups.io website, we now automatically save your message as you type it. Should your computer crash or you otherwise navigate away from the website before sending, your message will not be lost. Click on the Post link in the group sidebar and you'll be able to access your draft.

Table of Contents in Wiki

You can now specify that your wiki pages have a table of contents. When composing a wiki page using HTML mode, look for the ToC button.

Improved Subgroup Management

For groups with subgroups, you can now see on a single page which subgroups each of your members is a part of. Click the Subgroups link in the group sidebar.

Other Updates

You can now add attachments when composing messages on the website.

The group calendar can now be made visible to the public.

Have an idea for how to improve Groups.io? Join the beta group and let us know!

New year, new features! Here's what we've been up to since our last update:

Database

Groups now have a database. Define a table with a set of columns, which can include:
text fields, checkboxes, multiple choice selections, dates, times, or addresses.
Each table supports an unlimited number of rows. Tables are great for storing
and searching on structured data and forms.

New Sign-Up Form

You can now embed a signup form in your website, making it easy for people to
join your group. See the new Promote tab in the sidebar for your group for more
information.

Full Featured Digests

We've had plain text digests since the beginning. Now we also have full featured
digests. They look nicer and contain links making it easy to jump from the Topics
list to individual messages within the digest.

Log In And Join Group Improvements

It's now easier to log into the Groups.io website, using the new 'Email me a link to log in' function. We've
also made it easier to join groups through the website.

Other Updates

We've added About Me, Location and Website fields to your profile.

You can change the date display on the website from showing relative times to absolute dates.

Group moderators can specify that one hashtag is an alias of another hashtag.

Many cleanups, improvements and bugfixes.

Of course, we're not done. Have an idea for how to improve Groups.io? Join the beta group and let us know!

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